Fodder-press



(No Model.)

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Patented Oct. 18

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

LNITED STATES PATENT 'rricn.

FODDER- -PRE-SS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,739, dated October 18, 1887.

Application filed August 3, 1887. Serial No. 246,043. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. GLEMMYER, of Arcanum, in the county of Darke and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in FoddenPresses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to provide a fodder-press whereby greater power, efficiency, and convenience in use are obtainable than usual.

I will first describe in detail a fodder-press embodying my improvement, and then point out the various features of the improvement in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of'a fodder-press embodying my improvement when open. Fig. 2 is a partlysectional side view of the said press when closed.

The base A of the press is formed of two sills, B, supported at the ends, parallel with but slightly separate from each other, on sleepers G.

The presser-heads D E consist of rigid frames arranged edgewise with the length of the base, having concavejawsFand downward extensions G, received in the longitudinal slot formed between the parallel sills B. The ex tensions G of the presser-head D are pinned to the sills B to fix said presser-head firmly in place. The extensions G of the presserhead E are fitted to slide lengthwise in said slot, and have laterally-projecting guides H just above and below the sills, so as to hold the presser-head E from any movement in the vertical plane, while allowing it to ride freely lengthwise of the base. A stop, I, passed transversely through the sills, limits the rear ward movement of the presser-head E.

A handle-lever, J, is pivoted to a bracket, K, secured to the end of the base opposite the resser-heads, and is connected by a rod, L, with the movable presser-head E.

The pin M, connecting the rod L with the head E, rides in an inclined slot, N, formed in the same, and terminating at its upper end in a forward-extending horizontal shoulder, O. The rod P connects the pin M with the short arm R of an angle-bar, Q, which is pivoted at its vertex to the top of the presser-head E, and has a long arm, S.

In opening the press to receive the fodder the lever J is drawn outward, bringing the pinM to the lower end of the inclined slot N, raising the longer arm of the anglebar Q to an upright position, and retracting the sliding resser-head, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The fodder being then placed in the base between the presser-heads, the lever J is pushed forward, the first result being to push the pin M to the upper end of the slot N and swing the longer arm of the bar Q to a horizontal position, in which it is locked by the pin M engaging the shoulder O. The presserhead E then moves forward to compress the fodder between it and the presser-head D, the arms S of the anglebar Q serving as a keeper to confine the fodder between the approaching jaws F, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. When the jaws F meet, the pivot connecting the rod L with the lever J comes in line with the pin M and the main pivot of the lever J, thus automatically locking the movable presser-head against retraction, ex cept by means of the lever J.

Hook-lugs T on the stationary presser-head and on the base A serve to hold the bindingcord beneath the fodder in position to tie up the same when pressed into a bundle, as described.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a fodder-press, the combination of a base, two presser -heads, one of which is mounted to slide on the base toward the other, an operating-lever pivoted to the base, and a connecting-rod pivot-ally connected at one end to the operating-lever and at the other end to the said sliding presser-head, substantially as described.

2. In a fodder-press, the combination of a movable presserhead, E, a hand-lever, J, a swinging keeper on the presser-head E, and operating devices connecting the lever J with the presser-head E and the swinging keeper, substantially as described.

3. Ina fodder-press, the combination of a presser-head, E, having an inclined slot, N, terminatingin a horizontal shoulder, 0), a pivotal angle-bar, Q, a rod, P, a rod, L, connected by the rod P with the angle-bar Q, a pin, M, riding in the slot N and connected to the rod P and rod L, and a lever, J, pivoted to the rod L, substantially as described.

GEORGE H. GLEMMER.

Witnesses:

A. F. SHULER, 1). A. HARD. 

